Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, our world has been under a lot of stress, in lockdown or in…
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Just Jack 8-4-20
Luke 17:33 “Those who keep their lives will lose them; those who would lose their lives, preserve them.” The paradox of faith is that we…
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John Lewis Tribute
Today’s blog is a special tribute to John Lewis written by The Rev. Milton Cole–Duvall. Rev. Cole–Duvall marched with John Lewis in Selma. He is a long-time…
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8 Tips for Confronting Racism with Your Friends and Colleagues
At our July 9th national community gathering, Dr. Vicki Vernon Lott spoke about the intersection between faith and race, giving practical suggestions on what you…
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Marriage with a Mission
Marriage with a Mission (excerpted from A New Way to Be Church by Jack Jezreel and revised) As I have imagined and engaged the possibilities…
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Spirituality and the 4th of July: An Unlikely Duet in Five Parts
Part One The most plainspoken way of defining spirituality is simply: what we pay attention to. Spirituality is what we pay attention to, with our…
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The Future of Fathering
In the 1982 film, Gandhi, a Hindu man approaches Gandhi as he is fasting for an end to the violence between Muslims and Hindus. The…
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What Do I Tell My Children?
What do I tell my children about who we are, as a nation? Over the last month, we finalized the third (and last) program in…
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Being a Bold Witness
Ascension Day is this Thursday, and its corresponding text relays Jesus’ final words to his disciples: And he said to them, “Thus it is written,…
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Honoring Mothers from a Distance
How does one honor their mother/mother figures in this time? How do we share our presence from a safe distance? As I think about how…